Don Steele specialises in the “traditional” jazz, championed in the UK by bands such as Kenny Ball, Alex Welsh and Chris Barber.

The band’s repertoire of over 400 tunes covers all the classics of New Orleans, and the riverboat jazz which took the music up the Mississippi to St Louis and beyond.

The band features Don on trumpet with the other three band members on saxophone/clarinet, banjo and sousaphone.

This line-up is completely acoustic and completely mobile making it perfect for garden parties and other outdoor events.

This versatility has also made the band a popular feature at indoor venues where the band needs to move around or set up quickly, such as the London Transport Museum, where the band regularly appears on the top deck of a vintage bus!